Presidential Inauguration of Fuad Chehab
Fuad Chehab takes the constitutional oath as President of Lebanon and begins a presidency centred on restoring national unity after the political and security crisis of 1958.
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1958 in Lebanon
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Historical records for Lebanon in 1958
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September
Formation of National Unity Government
President Fuad Chehab announces a new government led by Rashid Karami, creating an administration intended to calm factional tensions and begin reconstruction after the 1958 crisis.
October
Withdrawal of United States Forces
United States forces complete their withdrawal from Lebanon after Fuad Chehab has assumed the presidency and security conditions have improved sufficiently for the emergency deployment to end.
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